TIA With Cisco, Others Urges Certainty on 911 Calls From Multiline Telephone Systems

Telecommunications Industry Association representatives encouraged the FCC to require compliance with provisions in Kari’s Law, meeting Public Safety Bureau staff. Commissioners approved 4-0 an NPRM on those issues with 911 calls from multiline telephone systems (MLTS) at their September meeting (see 1809260047). “Industry needs to know as soon as possible what the requirements will be in order to meet” a Feb. 16, 2020, deadline, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-261. “We raised potential issues with requiring MLTS solutions to dial directly to 911 ‘out of the box,’ particularly for MLTS where there is no physical equipment to purchase and configure.” Staff from Cisco, Panasonic and the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications Forum also attended.